The St. Johns herald., 1887-10-20
JicariIla Bob TOOk the Pot.

Jicarilla Bob, who was present tt see that everything was fair The
 men at the table were Tom Sinsa
 baugh, a cattle dealer, and Albert
 Potter, Omaha Throup and Pap Williams, gamblers. The game had been going along for some time without much excitement and with no very large winnings, when sud |, denly Pap Williams, who had thrown down two cards, offered to go it blind for $50. The others saw him, and a crowd that had assem- bled at the bar moved over to see how the thing would come out. All the others drew three cards each. Williams ran his cards over care lcssly, called for drink and with a cigar in one corner of his mouth, said he would bet $50. All the oth- CTS staid in, and on the show down no one manifesting a disposition to raise it, it appeared that there were five aces out, Pap Williams having three and Albert Potter two. This discovery came very near resulting in war, but at the suggestion of Ji- carilla Bob the pot was left up and new deal was had, he taking the extra ace and tearing it up.
 After the new deal Albert called for four cards, Sinsabaugh for three, Throup for three and Williams for two. There was now more than $400 in the pot, and as Albert of fered to bet $50 the others felt that they would have to see him. When it came around to Albert again he concluded to raise the terms a lit tie, and he put up $100. This caused old man Sinsabaugh to draw out with the remark that the water was getting a little too deep for man with little pair. The other two saw the raise and called. Down came the cards, and almost simul- taneously with their appearance was the crack of a revolver, and Albert Potter fell out of his chair, while Pap Williams, gun i'll hand, reached over and swept in the pile of money On the table in front of where Albert was lying were five cards, three of them aces, while in front of Williams were two aces, one of them being duplicate of one in the hand of the man under the table.
 So much interest was excited by the inspection of these two hands and the sweeping ill by Williams of the money that no one noticed AL bert slowly rising on the other side of the table. Jicarilla Bob was the first to catch a glimpse of him, but he had only time to cry out to Will Hams when Albert's revolver was discharged, and Williams tell with a bullet through the head. Every man in the room, except the pro- prietor then broke for the door, but before all had gone out Bob's voice was heard saying that the dispute over the game had left no one to claim the stakes and he, as land lord, would therefore take posses sion. Displaying two big repeaters as he said this, he was just in time to reply to shot from the weapon of Omaha Throup. Neither man was hit, and for a time they stood facing each other. A bystander stopped the men, and the crowd edging forward soon separated them. Then a council of war was held and it was agreed that the money not claimed should go to the house; the two survivors of the game received their stakes back.
 The next morning Albert and Williams were buried just out of town, and at the head of their graves two boards were placed, that at Albert's grave having the in- scriptlon "Three Aces," that at Will liams' grave having "Two Aces" The coroner's jury returned yer II L Xl,o